New content from the sequel to Breath of the Wild might not have appeared at the 2021 Game Awards (big bummer, we know), but it may have been “accidentally” discovered through several of Nintendo’s new patents. This week, Zelda fans in Europe bumped into patents with Breath of the Wild 2 gameplay concept drafts featuring…
Yes, you guessed it: the “Regginator” is back. Last Thursday the Game Awards officially announced that former Nintendo President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime will take the reigns once again as one of the presenters for The Game Awards Show on December 9. What’s different this time around? Well, our beloved past president made a remark…
Just when you thought they were over, the Zelda 64 discoveries continue, and this time, it’s within the game code itself. A fan group known by the name of Zelda Reverse Engineering Team (ZRET) has successfully reverse engineered all of Ocarina of Time’s game coding into readable C code commonly used by today’s modern computers.…
You may or may not have heard before, but you can now download this ever-popular streaming app for the Nintendo Switch. And no, we’re not going to mention the obvious pun. But what we will say is, Twitch can now be operated on a Nintendo console for the first time, allowing Switch users to watch…
Much like the games, The Legend of Zelda mangas have breathtaking beauty in both art and narrative. Their alternate storylines are not considered canon to the series, but they certainly look and feel like Zelda in every way. Thanks to localization efforts by the online fan community, an increasing number of them are now officially…
To our delight, Nintendo announced a new Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity DLC expansion pack in its latest Nintendo Direct presentation today. The Direct aired on September 23, which happens to be the company’s 132nd birthday! (That’s old enough to survive the Calamity and tell the reawakened Hero of the Wild about it, by the…
Have you ever wanted to see Link fly? And no, we’re not talking about The Wind Waker’s barrel catapult shenanigans. Well, now you really can. Recently, the Zelda speedrunning community discovered a brand new glitch in Breath of the Wild that could be invaluable to setting new records soon. The glitch, known as “BLS Slide”…
Zelda Universe has a special surprise for you! For the first time ever, our Voice Director Alex Trevino had the chance to sit down in a rare interview with Amelia Gotham, the voice of Princess Mipha from Breath of the Wild and Age of Calamity. The graceful voice actor lent her time with us to…
Whether we realize it or not, The Legend of Zelda music has connected countless people around the world. From heroic ballads to catchy tunes, perilous fights, heartstring tuggers, adventurous marches, and so much more, Hyrule springs to life before our eyes and imaginations with the help of its remarkable sounds. The Legend of Zelda’s iconic…
The renowned Zelda manga artist-duo Akira Himekawa recently announced that an exhibition of their original work will soon be featured in the Kyoto International Manga Museum from September 18 to December 26, 2021. This exciting event loosely translates from Japanese as “Akira Himekawa Original Painting Exhibition – Looking Back on the ‘Legend of Zelda’ Manga.”…
“Don’t touch that!” Those of us who remember family road trips in the 2000s might recall these scolding words at hotel pit stops, and it likely involved a Nintendo 64 controller sitting innocently in the room. You know, the one that your parents adamantly told you not to mess around with? Indeed, this was no…
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s — Super Smash Bros? Yes, that’s right, you’re not seeing things. That really is collage art of every single Smash Ultimate fighter you’re looking at, and all of them in the style of famous comic book characters from DC and Marvel. The daunting task was reimagined and…
Have you ever spent hours poring over Google Maps Street View out of curiosity? Maybe you were exploring the neighborhood you used to grow up in, or you got lost exploring the landscape of a foreign country. Well, now you can do the same thing in Hyrule and get lost in Breath of the Wild’s…
In all of the high-sweeping epic tales experienced in The Legend of Zelda, there is one hallmark characteristic that is unforgettable to the franchise: a hearty sense of humor. Few things are as uplifting as a good laugh from a Zelda game after a hard day. Let’s look back at some of the most memorable…
Dreary night skies heavy with rain greet our hero the moment he comes to. Sensing the grass beneath his feet, he realizes he is in Hyrule Field. But something is wrong, terribly wrong. He’s on all-fours, bound in wolf form. Why hasn’t he returned as a human? Bits and pieces of Link’s memory start to…
